Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Not a new idea, or anything...

It really irritates me when someone comes up with a new idea that really isn't. This guy compiles "books" using computer code, prints, then ships to the poor soul who unwittingly buys it. I do believe Roald Dahl came up with this idea about 60 years ago in his story "The Great Automatic Grammatizator". A great story, actually... very creepy, originally printed in Someone Like You. I guess there's supposed to be a YouTube in the article somewhere, but it seems to have gone missing...

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6237305.html